Paper dish and holder



Oct. 31, 1933. p w 1,933,276

PAPER DISH AND HOLDER Filed Feb. 3, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VIJY 701i Oct. 31, 1933. p w ER 1,933,276

PAPER DISH AND HOLDER Filed Feb. 3, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet IN VEJV T012 55 in dotted lines a folding line of the disc. one another of the interior surface of the hollow Patented Oct. 31, 1933 t r I A l I.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE A 1,933,276 w i Y PAPER DISH AND "HOLDER Parker W..Miller, PhillipsburgeN. Application February 3, 1933. SerialNo. 655,019 g 7 6 Claims. (01. "65-61) My invention relates to new and useful im- In carrying out my invention as herein emprovements in a paper dish and holder. and has bodied, 10 represents the holder constituting for one of its objects to generally improve the one of the elements of the combined structure construction of paper lined holders for ice and said holder maybe produced from any suitcream, and desserts and refreshments made able material in any desirable exterior Configura- 80 therefrom or other substances. tion. For purposes of illustration and descrip- Another object of my invention is to produce tion, the holder will be considered as including a a vessel in which food-studs may be served conbase 11 and a hollow body 12. i sisting of a holder of unique configuration and The hollow body is so fashionedas toproduce a paper, disc insertable in the holder and poan interior bottom wall 13 of substantially ch sitioned to provide a non-leakable lining for long shape, Fig. 1, from which the inner surfaces 1 the holder. r I v o of the side walls diverge or projectupwardlyin Another object of the invention is to produce an outwardly flaring direction and two diametri: an exceedingly'inexpensive vessel of the characcally opposite areas. '14- of the inside" surfaces 15 ter herein set forth. of the sidewalls havea steeper angle of inclina- A further object of the invention is to'provide tion than two other areas 15 which are also dia a holder having a cavity or chamber so formed metrically Opp each Otherfi areas 14 as to produce a flat oblong interior bottom surare of smaller dimensions than the areas 15 and face and inclned or tapered interior walls having said areas 14 have the ends of the bottom sur- 20 different alternate inclinations and said side face as their bas lines while, the a r area alls having a i of diametrically o it 15 have the sides of said bottom surface as their slots for the reception of a folded paper disc base lines 7 v whereby said disc is so interengaged with the -In the side walls of the body are formed two holder as to prevent rotation of said disc relaslots 16, di m y opposite eachother which 25 tive to the holder. 1 run from the flat bottom surface 13 .to the upper A still further object of the invention is to edge or perimeter of said side walls and at the provide discs of suitable paper to be folded in upper ends saidslots are flaredt0 Dl' half for insertion in the slots in the holder and, 611601 eIIBYaIl-CES mouths The 33 6 in to then be shaped to conform with'the general the smaller inclined areas 14 of the inner sur- 30 contour of the-interior of the'holder to function faces of the side walls andon the median lines asadish.- I 'thereof. e

With these and other ends in 'view, this in- Th pap r dish or filler is produced from atru vention consists in the details of construction I SC l of Suitable p p W S folded a and combination of elements hereinafter set diameter indicated by the dotted line 19. After 35 forth and then specifically designated by the being folded'the disc is inserted, folded edge first, claims. into the slots in the holder until said folded edge In order that those skilled in the art to which rests on the interior flat bottoml3, as shown in this invention appertains may understand how Fig, 4. The diameter of the disc is longer than to make and use the same, Iwill describe its the diameter of theflholder so that the ends of 40 construction in detail, referring by numerals to the folded edge project outside of the interior the accompanying drawings forming a partzof of the. holder; and generallyv beyondthe exterior this application, in which:-- 1 of said holder depending, of courseQupon the Fig. I is a top plan view of the holder com.- thickness of the walls of the holder.

prising a part of my invention. After the disc has been'inserted in they holder 45 Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof looking toward in its folded condition, itis distended or spread one of the slotted sides. v out and part of it caused to assume the identical Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig.1. orapproximately the. same; shape as the interior Fig. 4 is a side elevation at right angles to otthe hollow body of saidholder which will draw Fig. 2, and showing the first position of a folded up the ends of the foldededge to the positions 50 paper disc when inserted in the holder. illustrated in Fig. 5, and the perimeter will as- Fig. 5 is a similar View after the paper disc sume an approximately straight line so that the has been formed into shape, corresponding apedges of the paper dish or filler and the holder proximately to the interior of the holder; will be in substantially parallel spaced planes.

Fig. 6 is a face view of a paper disc showing The particular shapes and angles relative to body including the flat bottom 13 and the areas 14 and 15 makes it possible to provide a smooth interior surface for the paper dish or filler without any wrinkles twisted or overlapping portions and at the same time provides the wings 20 which project into the slots 16in the holder. Said wings function as ribs or splines and prevent rotary movement of the paper disc relative to its holder. V Y

In practice, the discs from which the dish is formed may be supplied in a flat condition as shown in Fig. 6, permitting them to be packed and stored in a very small space, and when they are to be used it is only necessary to fold them as shown in Fig. 4. After being folded, they are inserted in the slots in the holders with the folded edge downward and as the entrances to the slots are flared, it is an easyv matter to slip them into place. As soon as the folded edge of a folded disc rests upon the flat interior bottom 13 of the holder as shown in Fig. 4, the portions of the disc within the holder may be distended either by inserting the hand between the leaves of the folded, disc or elevating the ends of the folded edge until they assume the position shown in Fig. 5, at which time the paper dish will be produced in conformity with the shape of the interior of the hollow body of the holder and the article or articles to be served may then be placed therein.

It will be obvious that the provision ofpaperdiscs for use as fillers, inserts or dishes will be exceedingly cheap and much more reasonable than paper dishes which are preformed to shape. At' the present cost of the character of paper used for this class of work, the wholesale price of manufactured paper dishes is three dollars and seventy-five cents a thousand, whereas the cost of one thousand discs is but thirty-six cents, since the paper from which one thousand discs are produced weighs approximately six pounds and the cost of said paper is about six cents a pound.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction herein shown and described as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis:-

1. A device of the character described, comprisinga holder including a body with a substantially oblong flat interior bottom wall and flaring interior side wall surfaces having areas of different angularity relative to said bottom wall, the alternate ones of said area being of the same angularity relative to said bottom wall, the side walls the interior contour of the body of the holder 13:,

flaring interior side walls of different angularity relative to said bottom surface whereby'the interior side wall surfaces are divided into four areas, the diametrically opposite areas having the ends of the bottom as their base lines being of smaller dimensions and of steeper inclination than the areas having the sides of the bottom as their base lines, said body having slots completely through the side walls from the interior bottom to the upper edges of the side walls and the upper ends of said slots being flared to produce widened entrances, said paper dish consisting of a disc folded in half and inserted with its folded edge foremost into the slots until said folded edge rests upon the flat interior bottom with the ends of the folded edge projecting beyond the exterior of the body, and said disc then distended in order to conform to the interior contour of the body of the holder without wrinkles and leaving wings projecting into said slots. V

4. A device of the character described, comprising ,a holder including an elongated flat interior bottom wall and flaring interior side Wall surfaces having areas of different angularity E00 cluding a hollow body having an elongated flat interior bottom surface and flaring interior side walls of different angularity relative to said bottom surface whereby the interior side wall surfaces are divided into four areas, the diametri- 1 cally opposite areas having the ends of the bottom as their base lines being of smaller dimensions and steeper inclination than the areas having the sides of the bottom as their base lines, said body having slots completely through the side walls from the interior bottom to the upper edges. of said side walls and located adjacent the ends of the bottom surface, said paper dish consisting of a disc folded in half and inserted with its folded edge foremost into the slots until said folded edge rests upon the flat interior bottom surface with the endsof the folded edge projecting beyond the exterior of the body, and said disc then distended in order to conform to leaving wings projecting into said slots.

6. The method of forming a paper dish consisting of folding a paper disc in half, then inserting said folded disc with the folded edge foremost into slots at opposite ends of an elongated 1 hollow holder so that the ends of said disc project outside of and beyond the ends 'of' said holder, and then distending the portions of the disc within the holder to conform to the interior of said holder and at the same time drawing the projecting ends of said disc upward without disengaging them from the slots;

PARKER w. MILLER. 

